Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is water soluble and cannot be produced by the human body. Each day, a person’s diet should include a source of vitamin C, such as orange juice. Ascorbic acid has a molecular formula of C6H8O6 and a gram-formula mass of 176 grams per mole. Which formula represents the empirical formula for ascorbic acid?
Biology · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Empirical formula for ascorbic acid is C3H3O4. Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid, it is water soluble and cannot be produced by the human body. Each day, a person’s diet should include a source of vitamin C, such as orange juice.